The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), has announced plans to expand the city’s Green Infrastructure Program to manage the first inch of rainwater on 10% of the impervious surfaces throughout the city by 2030....

Under the terms of the consent decree, the city will have to adopt new ordinances eliminating illicit discharges, and reviewing all construction projects that disturb more than one acre of land. The plan also calls for completing $231,000 in stormwater projects, and implementing stormwater BMPs....

The Washington Department of Ecology has fined three companies in Bellingham, Washington, $3,000 each for failing to file their stormwater monitoring reports for the first three quarters of 2010. Under the Clean Water Act, the state requires that companies must monitor and submit reports about stormwater leaving their industrial sites....

A New York City commission is voting on whether to eliminate more than a dozen reports and advisory committees that are no longer considered useful. Included in this list is the little-known reporting requirement of the city’s stormwater management plan....

and upbeat about the business climate. In the parts of the country where spring has already arrived, business seems to be up from last year. Unfortunately, for those in the Midwest, the Northeast, and some parts of the South, spring is late in coming; however, once the weather breaks, I believe business will pick up....

In many ways, we are fortunate that, in our chosen profession, we are able to help people when certain disasters occur: the tornadoes in Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Georgia, the flooding in Louisiana, the snows in the northeastern part of the country, the rain in California, and the snow in Colorado....

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